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History of Health
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Invented the isolated radium in 1910 | Marie Curie |
| Established the patterns of hereditary | Gregory Mendel |
| Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 | Edward Jenner |
| Decribed the circulation of blood to and from the heart | William Harvey |
| Began public health and sanitation systems | The Romans |
| Discovered X-rays in 1895 | William Roentgen |
| The father of medicine | The Hippocrates |
| Discovered penicillin in 1928 | Sir Alexander Fleming |
| The artist who used dissection to draw the human body | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited | Dark Ages |
| Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 | Clara Barton |
| Earliest people to maintain accurate health records | The Egyptians |
| Began pasteurizing milk to bacteria | Louis Pasteur |
| Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion | The Chinese |
| Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens | Robert Koch |
| Founder of modern nursing | Florence Nightingale |
| Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery | Joseph Lister |
| Created the first mercury thermometer | Gabriel Fahrenheit |
| Developed the polio vaccine in 1952 | Jonas Salk |
| An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material | |
| What did ancient people think was the cause of disease and illness? | Evil spirits/Demons |
| 4 things Hippocrates stressed to help the body heal itself | Good diet, cleanliness, fresh air, and exercise |
| What is the Rod of Asclepius? | A deity associated with healing and medicine. The symbol has continued to be used in modern times, where it is associated with medicine and health care, yet frequently confused with the staff of the god Hermes. |
| In the Dark Ages, what was the main method used to treat illness and disease? | Prayer |
| 4 diseases that shortened the life span of individuals in the Middle Ages | Bubonic plague, small pox, scurvy, and typhus |
| Why was dissection a major advance in health care during the Renaissance? | It helped people understand parts of the body |
| What was the significance of the invention of the microscope in 1666? | It allowed physicians to see pathogens that were too small to be seen by the human eye |
| What did apothecaries use to make many of the medications in the 17th century? | Plants and herbs |
| Why was the invention of the stethoscope in 1819 important? | It's used to listen to internal body sounds which increased knowledge of the human body |
| The first woman in America to graduate from medical school | Elizabeth Blackwell |
| The superintended of female nurses in the army | Dorothea Dix |
| Why was the discovery of DNA in 1953 so important? | It began the search for gene therapy to cure inherited diseases |
| What helped medicine progress faster in the 20th century than in all previous years? | Technology |
| Fabric of the human body | Andreas Vesalius |
| Blood group | Karl Landsteiner |
| Nitrous oxide and anesthesia | Dr Horance Wells, William Morton and Crawford Long |
| Hand washing policy | Ignaz Semmelweis |
| Vitamins | James Lind |
| Chemotherapy drugs | Gerhard Bomagk |
| Insulin | John James and Rickard Macelod |
| Discovered genetic origins of cancer | Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus |
| HIV/AIDS | Luk Montagnier and Robert Gallo |
| Joseph Murray | Organ transplantation |
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